Associate Principal; Director Of Design - Experiential Graphic Design
CurrentFormerly 505Design, a multi-disciplinary, narrative-based design firm providing project visioning, architecture, interior and graphic design services for both national and international clients. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina and Boulder, Colorado, in September 2023 505Design merged with Cooper Carry Architects, providing even greater services and capabilites across additional locations in Atlanta, Washington DC and New York City.As part of Cooper Carry’s larger mixed-use ecosystem, we bring expertise from 17 design studios specializing in everything from restaurants to laboratories, universities to resorts, and urban planning to wayfinding. This expertise provides an extra layer of quality to our designs to ensure it is grounded in reality and impactful. We provide a more cohesive product, fully integrated with the site, architecture, and interiors. Our experience spans a wide range of mixed-use projects that incorporate office, residential, restaurants, and retail but also includes hospitality, urban placemaking, and exhibits. We work with municipalities to ensure signage and wayfinding is compliant with existing ordinances, as well as assist in creating master sign plans for approval when required for larger pursuits. We listen and enjoy helping stakeholders reach their goals in ways that are beneficial to communities and development partners. The result is a more fully-integrated, higher-performance product for our clients.Our firm’s full-service branding and experiential graphic design studios ensure each project is unique, creating better user experiences through brand identity development, exhibit design, signage, and wayfinding. We offer the talents of experienced professionals trained in exhibit, digital, brand, graphic, and industrial design, integrating graphic design seamlessly into architecture and landscape for an immersive environment.